All right, so I'm the one who says it often. It's still true! And here's just the latest example of Americans who get cheesed off about something and vent their vitriol on THE WRONG PERSON!
This comes up all the time, someone gets mad at the president and tweets about it to Donald Trump - the one who lives in Danvers, Wyoming and does not have orange skin or Strawman hair. Or they don't like a joke that Steve Harvey made and they choose one of the other 27 Steve Harveys in the phone book to holler at.
In this case, the object of disrespect is Dee Ford, a rather large man who plays linebacker for the Kansas City Chiefs. The fact that he went to Auburn University should in no way be used to disparage him. Lots of people play there when they aren't quite good enough to play for Alabama, the superior college in the great state of Alabama.
So Ford was playing in the AFC Conference Championship against the loathsome New England Patriots, and when he lined up offside on a crucial play, the resulting penalty nullified an interception, giving the Patriots the chance to win the game and go play in this Sunday's Super Bowl.
Game over for the Chiefs, and that's that, right? Nope. Irate Chiefs fans decide to tweet Dee Ford about how upset they are.
Except they got the wrong person entirely. "@DeeFord" on Twitter is Dee Ford, a woman from Gillingham, Kent, England, and she was exactly 4,373 miles offside that night - the distance between KC MO and Kent.
She is used to this; the first time she got a tweetbarrage from the USA was when football Dee did something else boneheaded while still wearing the orange and blue of Auburn.
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"The phone was going off literally nonstop," Ms Ford told the Kansas City Star. "Some of the things were quite vicious. The things they're saying - he doesn't deserve it."
In fact, after that first time of getting misdirected tweets, she befriended the hapless Ford, and met him and his family when the Chiefs played a game in England.
Here are some of her charming responses to the non-charming tweets that overflowed her inbox:
Dee
@dee_ford
I’m not sure I will. You enjoy summer though. Perhaps read a nice, calming book or something until Dee takes you back to the best game you’ve had in 49 years?
Suzie
@DaysofCondor
I haven't forgiven you @dee_ford. You ain't getting off this easy. Hope you suffer the entire summer knowing u let your team down.
Dee
@dee_ford
No, Barry, we’re not with you, we’re not.
Sanders Barry
@MManyo83
@dee_ford Listen man Brady knew you were offside the ball wouldnt have gone there if he didnt have a free play so you didnt cancel up an int cause it wouldnt have happened if you werent offside in the first place...you with me?
Ms Ford has 5,500 followers and here is what she said to them after this latest goofiness:
"I just wanted to say, that over the past week, I have had the kindest, funniest, most wonderful tweets. Despite the nasty ones, the nice ones have far outweighed them. A few amazing Auburn and Chiefs people have made time to DM and make sure I'm ok, and have made me laugh to the point of happy tears, particularly those in the #AUfamily."
And she says this of the American Dee Ford: "He's genuinely one of the nicest people. He's always been good about this. He's a really humble young man."
As someone who is often mistaken for Bradley Cooper, I understand how she feels.
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